May 2012
4 posts
The View from (Google) Earth
More and more we are accustomed to seeing the world from space.
No one I have ever known has actually been to space (though I once did chat with John Glenn at a New Year’s party) but we now consider this view from above as natural as any terrestrial one. We even consider it a natural right to be provided this once rarified view at no charge. Even our iPhones have a native satellite view at eye...
April 2012
5 posts
Identity Crisis Lecture
Here’s the presentation I gave at Cornell’s AAP Campus last week. If you couldn’t make it, have some free time, and are interested in the evolution of logos, museums and how they relate to some of our projects, check out the video above or watch it on our website here.
Talk at Cornell Architecture NYC Studio Wednesday,...
“Identity Crisis”, a talk about identity in architecture, is on for 6:30pm Wednesday, April 4 at 50 West 17 Street, 2nd Floor. RSVP to bm346@cornell.edu
Starting with the proposition that ‘every building is a biography’ the talk develops the case for identity as a seminal force shaping architecture and design in general.
But the question remains, whose identity?
The...
March 2012
6 posts
February 2012
10 posts
WatchThis mesmerizing visualization of yellow cabs in NYC, using GPS data from the TLC, makes it apparent that about 85% of all taxi fares originate and end up in Manhattan.
What would a similar visualization look like if it tracked commuter’s private automobiles coming into the city? And if it could sense how many occupants were in each vehicle? It would expose who is monopolizing the...
January 2012
23 posts
Watchfab:
Studio Visit: Carin Goldberg
Due to popular demand, we have extended our smash hit second sale of graphic designer Carin Goldberg’s iconic posters. And we also thought it would be appropriate to let you get to know her better, so we made a little video of Bradford’s recent trip to her current studio. It gives you glimpse of her frank and funny personality, New Yorker-ness and amazingly...
Vestige(s) of Empire
Design Observer features an essay about two national, or perhaps nationalistic, buildings; the Commonwealth Building in London and the Palast der Republik in Berlin.
Both built to celebrate an empire on which the sun has now set, London’s Design Museum is poised to occupy the former, and the latter has been demolished in spite of its vibrant life as an enormous art gallery.
The Awkward Art of Neighborhood Naming →
We’re looking at you, BoCoCa.
December 2011
20 posts
